Nicolaus Copernicus — "Therefore, if the Earth moved, it would necessarily move with a triple motion: o…"

Therefore, if the Earth moved, it would necessarily move with a triple motion: one, the diurnal rotation on its own axis; another, the annual revolution around the Sun; and a third, the motion of its axis.
Nicolaus Copernicus — Nicolaus Copernicus Early Modern · Heliocentric model of the solar system

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De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (describing Earth's motions)

Date: 1543

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